Sr

Last Evening Mr [Benjamin] Grant arrived here with Your Letter of the Second Inst containing the Agreeable News of the Surrender of St Johns &c

We are very Sensible that Your Men without some Assistance must Suffer by the Cold in so severe a Climate and are anxious to do every thing in our Power for their Relief ー From every Circumstance of their being ordered to join Genl Schuylers Army we supposed they were to be considered as Continental Troops, & therefore no Provision has been made for them by the Congress of this Colony You say Paper Money will not pass there ー no other can be procured here on any Terms: there is a Small sum of Silver & Gold in our Treasury reserved for the Purpose of procuring Ammunition beyond Sea ー out of which we have put into the Hands of Israel Morey Esqr £300 L M to be transmitted to you as he shall judge most safe & convenient, for the Benefit of the Troops put under your Command by the Congress of this Colony ー which we hope they will lay out for such Cloathing as is most necessary for them, & that you will endeavour to prevent their expending it unnecessarily, more especially as it is ali of the Kind that they can possibly be supplyd with from hence ー We have wrote to Genl Schuyler and Montgomery on the Subject of Supplies & Pay for your Men & desired them to Assist you in every Thing necessary to make your Companies as Comfortable as possible. Hoping e'er this reaches you comfortable Habitations may be Your Lot and that all your Efforts for the good of Your Country may be crowned with happy Success, that You may in due Time safely return to Your Friends and Families with the Laurels of Victory, & be well rewarded for your Services & Sufferings by your Countrymen is the Desire of this Committee

In Whose behalf  I am Sr [&c.]